Plastic Soldier Company Stuarts

[SquireBev]

Evening all

On a whim the other day I bought a box of PSC 15mm Stuarts from my friendly local model shop. Didn't take very long at all to get them built, and I got to thinking of ways to use them as both normal Stuarts and the turret-less recce version.
The other half then suggested that I use the gunners from the M5 Halftrack set I'd bought a couple of months back. Lo and behold, it works pretty well.
Can easily swap out the turret for the MG, though I might need to a bit more weight to keep the MG option in place.



Used the spare hulls and clingfilm as a sort of mould so my greenstuff didn't stick.





Further updates will follow once I've got them painted.

[steharan]

 I'm looking forward to seeing the finished article at the club mate.  Quite a nice idea,  the PSC  models are nicely detailed and plastic is so much easier to work with than metal or resin.

[Goosegog]

Thats quite a cool idea M5 or a T8. Is it not possible to mount small magnets in the hull to hold the MG and gunner in?   

[SquireBev]

So yeah, got my Stuarts finished.

Painted up, pre-decal:



With decals:



Converted to jalopies:



And showing both options:



I might see about using magnets to hold them in place - will let you know how I get on.

[carlos marighela]

Very nicely done. Clever idea, great execution.

[Goosegog]

Look very good. Nice idea indeed.

[Gibby]

Those came out great. Very good idea and well executed!

[SquireBev]

Thanks chaps - unfortunately this is about the limit of my greenstuff skills.
The good thing about sandbags is that it doesn't matter if you leave fingerprints all over them.

[von Lucky]

Very nice!